Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-06-30
Mechancsown, Frederick County, Maryland Thursday June 80 1884,

set the police in search of two magni6-
cient diamonds, the largest ever seen in
Paris, except those in the emperor's
possession. They were intended for the
due d'Aumale."
well, ragman ~"
"They were never found, for Ribaud
had them safely hidden. He had them
in his cottage"
Nonsense, the diamonds were lost,
not stolen."
"Not stolen ? That depends. / know
Rbaud had them. Monsieur, you will
see me again. The person who now has
the diamonds is the murderer of Ri
baud and knew where to find them p
The rag picker left the Office, but at
the corner of the street he WAS arrested
by an officer from the perfect.
This fellow knows more than he will
disclose. Ill keep him awhile in Sc
cret."
During the following month Of Feb:
ruary, Paris had sensation in the ap-
pearance Of dashing couple. The
count and countess de Trouville, as they
reported, had just returned from con.
tlnenal tour, on their way to their cha
teau near Malines. They hired mag
nificent apartments in the Fabourg st..
Jermain, and astonished even the an
cient noblesse with the extravaganza of
their style. At the opera, the theatres
on the boulevards. among the shop
keepers and tradesmen, they became
notorious. Evidently the counts wealth
was inexhaustible. In their apartments
they held at times high revcl, and the
count and the friends he had made had
the widest orgies. The police kept a
wary eye upon them, for they could
gather no information rs to where the
count obtained his funds.
July came with the heat. Meanwhile
the rag picker was released, but still
kept in surveillance. jacquard, one of
the keenest of Parlsian detectives, was
sent to Raincy by the perfect to endeav.
or to find clue to the murderer of Ri.
baud, the mlser. The girl, Fanchette.
had disappeared. Her lover, the stu
dent, it was said, had gone off with her
She asscntcd that she had received a
large legacy from an aunt in Norman
dy. The detective returned to Paris
with only a minute description Of Fan
chette and her lover.
One day he saw the count and count
ess de Trouville on the boulevard in an
open carriage. To the prefect he said:
1.-THE student lover Adolphe, and
Fanchette, the servant Of the miser, are
in Paris. They are now called the count
and countess de Trouville.
Suppose they are. that does not con-
meet them with the murder Of Ribaud." ="
Monsieur, you do not forget the rag
picker's story Of the lost diamonds"
"Well ?"
yesterday one of them was offered
in pawn at Monte de Piete by a man
evidently disguised in hair and beard
and wearing shabby clothes. Noting
look Of suspicion from the bank off,
cial, and being asked as to where he
got it, he fled away, leaving the jewel
behind him. That was one of the lost
solitaries of the Due d'Aumale. The
officials description Of the man leads
me to believe that he was the count
"Then he is not likely to return for
it,"
within ten days will satisfy my
self. If it was he, then he has the 9th.
or solitaire, and we have a clew to the
murderers.
The detective went to work hopeful.
ly. Dressed with faultless elegance, he
looked every inch the Partisan SWELL
In two days he made the acquaintance
of the count. On the third he contriv.
ed to obtain an invitation to his apart.
ments. The count received him in what
he called his "den,' a small room lux
nriantly furnished save in one respect
The open CRATE, half filled with cinders
and half.burned Goals, was unscreened
with the usual cover.
"Ah, everybody notices that grate.-
1t is my fancy to have 1t exposed. 1t
is contrast, which in my eye, makes
the surroundings appear all the richer.
I do not permit the servants to disturb
it. Beside, you see it is handy recep.
tacle for cigar ends and paper scraps"
Wine was ordered. The count was
delighted with his new friend. Adroit.
ly the detective turned the CONVERSE
ton upon diamonds, and casually men.
toned the incident of the Due d'Au.
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